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Updated @ 9:18am. As expected, Samsung has announced the Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note Edge, Gear S, and Gear VR. Some photos of the new products are below, beneath the video player. More details about the new products are coming in now.

One of the biggest events at IFA 2014 in Berlin is Samsung’s Unpacked Episode 2 — and you watch a live video stream of the event right here, embedded below. Samsung will almost certainly unveil the Galaxy Note 4, which the company hopes will put it in good stead against the upcoming large-screen iPhone 6. The Unpacked event will probably be used to talk more about the Gear S smartwatch, and potentially two other new exciting products: The Galaxy Note Edge and the Gear VR.

The event and live video stream will begin at 9am ET (6am PT, 2pm UK). We will update this post with details of the new products once the event begins. Scroll down to read more about what we expect Samsung to announce at the Unpacked event, including more details about the Galaxy Note 4, Galaxy Note Edge, and Gear VR.

Samsung unveils Galaxy Note 4, Note Edge, Gear S, and Gear VR

At its Unpacked Episode 2 event, Samsung has unveiled four new products: The Galaxy Note 4, Note Edge, the Gear S, and Gear VR. Some official press photos of the products are below. You can click to see larger versions.

Galaxy Note 4, with S Pen

Galaxy Note Edge, with S Pen

Samsung Gear VR

Samsung Gear S smartwatch, white and black, front and back

The Galaxy Note 4 is exactly what you might think: an iterative update. All of its cool features are now easier to use — and there are some new cool features, too! Nothing too surprising here. The 2560×1440 Super AMOLED display does indeed appear to be a joy to behold. There appears to be a quad-core Snapdragon 805 SoC inside, but that hasn’t been confirmed yet. Some markets will get an octa-core (Exynos 5?) SoC instead.

The Galaxy Note Edge is essentially the same as the Note 4 (same AMOLED screen, same quad-core SoC), but with an additional 160 pixels down the curved right-hand bezel. The Edge only curves on the right side; the left side is flat. It would be more accurate to call it a bent display than curved. The additional screen real estate is used for exactly what you’d expect: notifications and shortcuts that are always visible, even when you’re in a full-screen app (such as taking photos or watching a video).

The Gear VR is a virtual reality headset that requires the Galaxy Note 4 to work — as in, you actually have to slot the Note 4 into the Gear VR to make it work. This is a lot like the Google Cardboard thing that you may have seen a few months ago. Gear VR only works with the Note 4.

What to expect from Samsung’s Unpacked event

The star of the show, as the invitation notes, will be the Galaxy Note 4. As you’d expect from such a naming scheme, the Note 4 will be mostly an iterative upgrade, with a 5.7- or 5.9-inch screen and 2560×1400 resolution.

The Galaxy Note Edge might be more interesting. Leaks suggest that the Edge will be like the Note 4, but with a curved display along its left and right bezels (see render below). This would tie in nicely with Samsung’s work on curved/flexible displays, and the fact that the Galaxy Note 3 also had a curved cousin (the Galaxy Round).

Android Galaxy Note Edge leaked image/render [Credit: Android Police]

We’ve also heard that the Gear VR might be shown at the Unpacked event. Not a whole lot is known about the Gear VR, other than it’s some kind of virtual reality headset — like the Oculus Rift or Sony’s Project Morpheus. A render of the headset, shown below, was reportedly leaked last month. Apparently it will hook into your smartphone via USB, allowing you to watch films and TV shows on the (virtual) silver screen. Presumably you’ll also be able to play games on the Gear VR, though that would involve Samsung getting some developers to create some VR-optimized games for Android.

It’s all coming in October, I think. Don’t think Samsung mentioned prices yet. It should all be fairly reasonable. I hope the Gear VR is surprisingly cheap, given that it requires a Note 4!

JadedFan

I am guessing $500 total for phone and Gear VR. $300 for the Note4, $200 for the headgear.

Not bad.

But I just read that the VR Gear and the edge phone will at least initially only be offered through Sprint.

Josephine Picard

Great devices! The design of both Note 4 and Note Edge is amazing and the new features of the S Pen sound promising (enhanced pressure sensibility, the possibility to choose the writing style). I am really curious how Apple will respond to this challenge because their new iPhone seems to be only a bigger version of the 5S:

fast everything is available in LG g3 but ignorant ppls need advertisement to be informed

addie

Not even lol. the new Note 4 has a more powerful CPU at 2.7Ghz, a better Super Amoled Quad HD display which is scratch resistant due to its glass coated surface,
A more powerful battery with a super fast charging system and the Note 4 Virtual Reality Feature, the new Samsung Gear VR. etc etc
And I haven’t even metioned that the note 4 had way more power cameras than the LG G3:
Rear Facing: 16 megapixel autofocus camera with smart OIS: HDR (Rich tone), Selective Focus, Rear-cam Selfie, Beauty face,
Virtual Tour Shot, Shot & More, Dual Camera
-Front Facing: 3.7 megapixel camera with f/1.9 aperture: Selfie, Wide Selfie
etc etc etc

any questions? lol

JadedFan

For the most part these phone choices usually are a matter of preference unless you are an uberGeek who will fight over this in some dick measuring contest.

However this time there is one cool difference that is not minor.

These Phablets are at their hearts entertainment and gaming devices. Why get one otherwise? You can get a regular phone phone for free.

Samsung teaming up with Oculus (the company that Facebook Mark Zuckerberg spent $2 billion to buy after experiencing their headset) and being able to turn a Note 4 into a VR gaming device is a game changer. The kind of ‘wow’ thing that we used to expect from a new Apple phone when Jobs was around. If the phone sets you back $300 with a two year contract and another $200 for the VR headset, there is a pretty huge market for that kind of thing. I know that people are excited about the new iphone, but I have heard nothing from it that wows, especially nothing like this.

The bad thing is that it is only being offered through Sprint. But my God, how cool. I am getting in line for one as soon as they become available.

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Boudou

Samsung are running out of gimmicks.

First completely useless curved phones, not to mention Air Gestures, Dual Camera (the feature where you can see your disembodied head over your photo), Smart Scroll, and not they have edge displays.

We also have a Tizen smartwatch, yet another smartwatch using an OS that is DOA.

addie

sureeee like iphone is offering us the users new products with all kinds of new gadgets and upgrades every year lol that will be the day…
Its not like Samsung used a deceiving gimmick of adding a 64bit processor with only 1Gb of Ram which in practice cant improve or speed up a device. Now that’s a shame ;/

Rowan09

I agree. They mentioned the Gear S but I would need to purchase sim service to use the features they explained which mean a different number. The Gear VR is cool but what is its purpose right now I have no idea.

It would be interesting to see this with a docking station to turn it into a desktop computer.

Rowan09

This event was horrible. What about prices? They didn’t go into any real features besides the Note 4 and gave no specs at all on the Note Edge. Customers want to know prices and release dates and they gave none (besides the Note 4 in October).

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